No, not those drawers…your JUNK drawers. Unless that’s where you keep your regular drawers (i.e. underwear), in which case you just need to leave this blog…even if you DO call your regular drawers “junk drawers”. Which is funny, yes. But I digress…
Awhile back I asked if the mighty junk drawer was in ALL homes, and the answer was pretty much a universal “yes” even in other countries. So I got to thinking…what makes the perfect junk drawer? And came up with this tutorial for the rare folks who need guidance.
Kitchen
Tape measures. At least 2 of them. One regular and one long enough to measure a wall.
At least 2 or 3 sandwich bags of rubber bands.
A 3x5 cardboard of thumbtacks. And another one that has NEVER BEEN OPENED.
Various screwdrivers and pliers.
At least 1 icepick.
A couple of small hammers.
Random nails and screws of different sizes. Maybe a few bolts and washers as well.
Zip ties.
Different types of tape rolls (electrician, masking, painter, etc) ALL WITH ONLY SMALL LENGTHS OF TAPE LEFT. The 37 pound roll of duct tape is in the garage on top of the freezer.
String of some sort. Nothing long enough for anything.
One flashlight with batteries that are dead, one flashlight with no batteries in it.
Random batteries, none of which go to either of the flashlights.
Several various tubes of glue which are pretty much dried out.
Plugs. Your choice. None go to any appliance in the house.
Same with keys. None go to any door.
Plastic bag of matches.
Bonus points for stuff like legos, broken plastic toys, maybe a couple of rocks that one of the kids put in there to keep it safe. You can probably come up with other things as well.
You can have other junk drawers for things like desks or night stands, but you’re on your own there. And no matter HOW many times you go through the various drawers to straighten them out, you will end up with THE SAME AMOUNT OF JUNK!! It’s like MAGIC!! Don’t fight it!